Adult Bullies: The topic on tonight’s Retaliation Radio episode!
Tonight at 11p, EST, I’ll be discussing adult bullies on the newly launched Retaliation Radio Show. This topic was selected because we want to create a weekly dialogue about how retaliation is a part of our daily lives. While discussing adult bullies tonight, we’ll address the following issues: Where do adult bullies come from? Do [...]
Tags: adult bullies, bullying, Radio, retaliation, teen bullies, Yasmin Shiraz
We remember: Samantha Ciera Kelly, teen taunting victim
On this past Sunday, November 14th, Michigan teen, Samantha Ciera Kelly was laid to rest in a cemetary across from her high school. According to news reports, she committed suicide after being taunted by other students after she accused another student of rape. I never met Samantha Ciera Kelly, nor did I meet the 18 [...]
Tags: brave girls, bullying, date rape, high school student, rape, rapist, samantha ciera kelly, taunting, teen suicide
A Drop in Violence, But Bullying Continues
According to a new government report, partially published in The Washington Post, there is a drop in violence going on across the nation. For schools, this means there were 27 homocides of “victims ages 5 to 18, traveling to or from school or at a school-sponsored event in the 2006-2007 school year.” But in 1992-1993, [...]
Tags: bullying, violence, youth
When Bullying Leads to Death…
I have to commend People magazine for its May 18th issue which featured the article Bullied to Death? : Two Boys, Two Towns, Two Tragedies. The article detailed how two boys, Carl Walker-Hoover, 11 and Jaheem Herrera, 11 both committed suicided within 10 days of each other. The common factor in both of their suicides [...]
Tags: bullying, Carl-Walker Hoover, gay, Jaheem Herrerra, middle school, pre-teens, suicide, youth
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